"to adopt" in seven languages
Meaningto adopt
Spanish
adoptar
/adopˈtaɾ/
learned
French
adopter
/adɔpte/
learned
Italian
adottare
/adotˈtare/
learned
Portuguese
adotar
/adoˈtah/
learned
Romanian
adopta
/adopˈta/
learned
Catalan
adoptar
/ədupˈta/
learned
English
adopt
/əˈdɑpt/
from Latin/French · French adopter, from Latin ADOPTĀRE
English → Italianto adoptadottareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ADOPTĀRE‘to choose for oneself’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
AD + OPTĀRE 'to choose': you choose a child, or an idea. Italian assimilates pt to tt, as in sette and scritto.
English relatives: adoption, option, opt
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In a sentence
- esAdoptaron a una niña.
- frIls ont adopté une petite fille.
- itHanno adottato una bambina.
- ptEles adotaram uma menininha.
- roAu adoptat o fetiță.
- caVan adoptar una nena.
- enThey adopted a little girl.
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